title: Challenges of state health reform: variations in ten states.
abstract: This DataWatch reports on the key findings from the 1993 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Family Health Insurance Survey, which interviewed more than 27,000 families in ten states. There is considerable variation among the states in insurance coverage, health status, and access to care of both adults and children. Moreover, states with higher percentages of uninsured residents also have populations with lower health status and more access problems. This clustering of problems in certain states may make health care reform even more challenging for their elected officials to accomplish.
authors.affiliation: Division of Research, United Hospital Fund of New York, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cantor
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marquis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States